Arranging cash for Corus during the boom was easier than managing liquidity in the crisis that followed. Thankfully, Tata Steel had the right man in the right place-at all times.

Though the decade began with a bug scare and ended with a scandal and a slowdown, positive events were plentiful through the first 10 years of 21st century. BT identifies 10 milestone events, and what they meant.

While existing transmission lines are not able to feed Mumbai’s power demands, Tata Power’s new, 3M-made aluminium lines are three times as effective. But, can the rest of India afford them?

Naveen Jindal has propelled his steel and power company into India’s—and the world’s—most profitable power producers by focussing on the wildly lucrative merchant power business. Will his competitors stop his dream run?

How the global slowdown is reshaping competition from emerging markets.

P. Chidambaram—who during his various stints as finance minister has come to be seen as the champion of economic reforms in the country—communicates reforms to his people and, in fact, implements them. He is one politician who can sell good economics as good politics. N. Madhavan visits his constituency, Sivaganga, to test the hypothesis.

Ragpicking is the last area a corporate would want to foray into. But for ITC, which had in the past entered unorganised businesses such as manufacturing match sticks and incense sticks, it is a potential gold mine. Its Wealth Out of Waste programme shows how a simple habit change can significantly benefit the company, the society and the country. N. Madhavan reports.

esurgere Mines and Minerals and Austral Coke & Projects, which operate in the out -of-favour commodities space, recently had a spectacular debut on the stock markets. The spectacular rise & fall of two mining stocks raises hackles.

The Tatas aren’t the only one. Reliance, ArcelorMittal, Vedanta, POSCO... some of India’s, and the world’s, biggest companies are grappling with problems in land acquisition. Suman Layak and Kushan Mitra report.

A slew of big-ticket investments in Orissa is transforming its capital from a sleepy tourist town to a glitzy business destination.

Banks are proliferating at a rapid pace in the Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu. Over the last two years, 28 new branches have been opened and five more are likely to commence operations soon. N. Madhavan checks out if this would improve the quality of life of the people in this district.

Strong domestic demand for steel has led to both greenfield and brownfield capacity expansions, making India the fifth-largest crude steel producer in the world.

Commodity investing is fast maturing and there are many products you can ride on.

Three new states, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, are attracting big-ticket investment proposals and latent demand is fuelling a boom in these states, but problems remain.